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Categories: Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Ecology: Trees
Published Looking to sea urchins for stronger ceramic foams
(via sciencedaily.com) New research has unlocked a mystery in the porous microstructures of sea urchin exoskeletons that could lead to the creation of lightweight synthetic ceramics.
Published Scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal. The research shows how to make a kind of material in which the molecular fragments are jumbled and disordered, but can still conduct electricity extremely well. This goes against all of the rules we know about for conductivity.
Published Life cycle of tree roots
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have developed a method for the direct observation of fine roots, which control the uptake of nutrients and water by trees. This provides a valuable addition to the existing knowledge of carbon and nutrient cycling in the forest floor, leading to further understanding of the carbon cycle from the view point of initial carbon input into the soil and aiding forest management and soil conservation.
Published UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Plastic sheets coated with an Eu3+ film that converts UV light to red light were able to accelerate growth of vegetal plants and trees.
Published Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
Published Researchers create lunar regolith bricks that could be used to construct Artemis base camp
(via sciencedaily.com) As part of NASA's Artemis program to establish a long-term presence on the moon, it aims to build an Artemis base camp that includes a modern lunar cabin, rover and mobile home. This fixed habitat could potentially be constructed with bricks made of lunar regolith and saltwater, thanks to a recent discovery.
Published The next wonder semiconductor
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In a study that confirms its promise as the next-generation semiconductor material, researchers have directly visualized the photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide single crystals.
Published By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600,000 tons of CO2 per year
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Danes shuttle nearly a million tons of garden waste from their gardens every year. But we would be doing the climate a great service if we just left it alone, according to the new calculations. At the same time, leaves and other garden waste are a boon for backyard biodiversity and soil.
Published Forest recovery after Montana's 2017 fire season
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers found thousands of seedlings growing after recent fires in Montana, especially at sites with cooler, damper conditions -- often found in the shade of the dead trees and upper canopy, as well as on the north side of mountains with higher elevations and more undergrowth. Researchers found fewer seedlings at sites with less shade and drier, hotter conditions.
Published High entropy alloys: Structural disorder and magnetic properties
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are promising materials for catalysis and energy storage, and at the same time they are extremely hard, heat resistant and demonstrate great variability in their magnetic behavior. Now, a team has gained new insights into the local environment of a so-called high-entropy Cantor alloy made of chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel, and has thus also been able to partially explain the magnetic properties of a nanocrystalline film of this alloy.